Protesting the President of the United States

Is a protest against the President of the United States a protest against the United States?

I know that it's a group of people were lazy children that didn't value education. They were told for years by Liberals that they had no chance to prosper in the country. They respect no one. They've grown into angry young adults who are unprepared for life and unemployable. They blame others, while they should be blaming themselves. They're also Clinton and Obama fans. The Liberal party, Jessie Jackson, and Al Sharpton had great influence in creating this group of people.

That's what I know.

Hard to argue with the truth, even though some here will.

Boilerman, you left out "spoiled" and "entitled". Blame the parents and education systems that give out trophies "for participation" even for a failing grade.

OddsWrkin, dear, no. But your question (which I hope your high school History teacher didn't see) begs another question: what type of protest are you referring to?

Presidents have suffered impeachment (or nearly so) by their own congress, about as high level of 'protest' as a President can be put through, (second to assassination). But that didn't translate to the country of the United States. Even if a POTUS is kicked out of office, the Constitution provides for automatic transfer of presidential powers to the VP, or if he/she is unavailable, to the Speaker of the House, and so on.

Carry your signs, sign local/neighborhood petitions, dishonor the American flag, carry a sign against the POTUS, or whatever is your pleasure. You won't have your door kicked in in the middle of the night, be dragged out and imprisoned or shot by goons. This is one very good thing about being a US citizen. You might be very unpopular and accomplish nothing real in the end, but some protests have served good purposes throughout history. You need a good organizer and a lot of guts if you join a serious protest. And PLEASE make it peaceful. Nobody likes rioters or looters.

**I don't recommend doing it at the job level. I learned that early on, when I was young and dumb and didn't know the difference between a legitimate issue worthy of signing my name to (and they are very few) and following a bunch of rabble rouser buddies in their silly gripes about whatever. Don't follow a crowd just to follow the crowd.

Damn. Even on the Inauguration Day of their candidate the Tea Party is still angry. They cant find anything hopeful or nice about the administration they voted for....they still want to be upset about people who don't agree with them. Republicans just don't know what to do if they don't have liberals to bitch about. Maybe they should focus on replacing the healthcare law they've been crying about for 6 years

And PJ, maybe you should give it a rest....

I'm deeply concerned about your blood pressure, doc. Try to enjoy the Republican Inauguration. The day you've been counting down to for three weeks is here....and you're as backed up as ever.

No, at least not ipso facto.

However, a protest against the President of the United States, or even specifically against a policy or policies of a President, may also be a protest against the United States; it all depends on the mind/intent of the protestor.

And if, f'rinstance, a protester yells out "F*ck th* *nit*d St*t*s !", one may assume he is protesting the United States.

DonDiego has objected to at least some of the policies of just about every President. DonDiego is not one to engage in public protest, but if he had done so it would not have been a protest against the United States.

In fact, at one time poor young DonDiego took an oath for several years to defend the Constitution of the United states against all enemies foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and to obey the orders of the President of the United States.
As luck would have it, the President never gave DonDiego any direct orders.

No. But a protest against the United States is a protest against the United States. A state governor once threatened to secede from the union amidst loud cheers from his angry base of fans. He's now our Secretary of Energy.

My thoughts are similar to those of DonD, if the protestors are protesting about something of substance, right or wrong, based on my opinion, is well within their rights as a citizen of the United States. However, my impression is that some are protesting simpy because they don't approve of the newly elected President. These are the ones that I believe to be protesting my country.

During the coverage by ABC, they mentioned that there had been several protests on Inauguration Day over the last decades. All of those protests occurred when a Republican was taking office. Why is the tolerant left so intolerant of the differing opinions? Is this not hypocritical?